[78-L] Opinions sought

[David Lennick]

I can't figure how to play it..I download it and it asks me to do it again. 
Anyway, if it's the 1911 Edison "Some of these Days", the Archeophone transfer 
is in C. Don't forget, Sophie didn't become a basso till much later.

dl

On 2/22/2011 10:44 AM, Tim Huskisson wrote:
> The file labelled 'Stomp And Swerve' is in the correct key of C.
> The other is a semitone down in B major - an unlikely and slightly awkward
> key for instrumentalists and arrangers.
> It's just running slow.
> Sophie recorded two versions in the 1920s in the key of C - one with Ted
> Lewis, and the other with an unidentified black band.
> There is an unissued 1927 version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3heCSPJrO70
> which plays in the key of Db. I think it's running fast and should be slowed
> down to the key of C.
> C is also the 'standard' key for 'Some Of These Days' when called on the
> band stand.
> Singers understandably often do lower keys later in their careers, and its
> possible Sophie did this as well. But in her prime, I'm sure she would have
> been very particular about arrangers writing for her in 'her' keys - in this
> case, C.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim Huskisson
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: 22 February 2011 14:52
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>
>   Two versions of one song.  Wondering if youse would download, listen, and
> be so kind as to offer judgment on whether either
> is the correct speed.  Thanks!
>
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/atrv331yv0
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